This issue is dedicated to those free spirits whose ultimate goal is the achievement of happiness on earth and who carefully refrain from oppressing those whose goals are in conflict with their own in hope that they will return the favour.
Volume
Monday
VIII Issue 12
April 21, 1975
(OHESTOfid <OUECE I974 I97S Athletic facility proposal brought before Kitchener city council Wagon may
leave
Doon campus
Alternative solution
sought for shed Quebep
carnival:
what a blast
Exclusive
Condor interview
photo by R.B. Jones
College Governors
Condors slump
DSA
reject
Lancers
offer
position
on the wagon
Afternoon pubs are gone President confesses to parking offense
Hunter
is
assailed at forum
War games Screw
it
Budget cut
at Conestoga anywaycoiiege. to get
Bail fund
jCimOr licence -r. "T'^u'^bs up for hiirfnot budget dropped
i
,
.
to
model clothes
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MW
Doon Campus condemned ||ff||p||
H banned by LLBO Has flowerpower aied?VViW StU
is
new Prez
MacUpn and
^V^acUean
.
Moaday
Spoke page two
April 21, 1975
them
will remain at Conestogia and a part of the actual college will leave with them. In conclusion I would like to thank everyone that got involved in Spoke this year either writing articles or doing last minute typing. I would also like to thank
The emperors
new
clothes
many people who gave us moral support {Something you need a hell of a lot of when you put together a newspaper)' when we were depressed and the
generally disenchanted with the college and the world in general. I would particularly like to thank
Pete Cudhea for his work in the last two issues. I would also like to thank practically no one in the Journalism course because the majority thought they were too sophisticated or intelligent to get involved
Sobbing and reminiscing
in a college paper.
Anyway I would like to wish everyone graduating the best of luck in the future. I sincerely hope everyone has a great summer because I’m certainly going to while I’m in Europe. I hope you enjoy this last issue of Spoke.
by Ron Stanaitis This marks the last opinion or space filler that I’ll be writing this year and to be honest I’m very happy about this fact. After this issue I can look forward to working for two months and then heading to Europe for July and August. Over the past year at Conestoga I’ve heard the college being called many different things by different people. Descriptions have ranged from comical college to a glorified highschool with cigarette smoking in class to a description of the college as a factory-like building overlooking the 401 Regardless of the description Conestoga College keeps rolling on no matter what criticisms are put on
Goodbye and good
luck
by Paul March Well, it’s been a hell of a year. This isn’t going to be a blow-by-blow despription of the year in review,
include
or anything like that, but some pretty interesting things have happened to Conestoga College, and more specifically the Doon Campus since we bleary-eyed students shuntled our way into classes and the occasional wayward trips to Nick’s since last
the seven. The College has
New faces, new politics, and way doing things followed the
it.
By September 1974 over 3G0 full-time members were employed to teach over
faculty
3,800
which Cambridge, Clinton, Guelph, Harriston. Stratford, Waterloo and Doon which is the largest of full-time students at the seven college ^enters
September.
come a long way from January 1968 when 25 faculty members taught 188 full-time students in portable classrooms on the Doon Campus. The growth of the college has been closely
classes
with the needs of a 3,670 square mile Midwestern Ontario region. This region includes Perth, Huron and Wellington Counties and the regional (Municipality of Waterloo which the College
The c^ege waS
-
i
,
officially
opened November
7,
1968 by William Davis then Minister of Education. The Doon Centre opened in January 1968 with the Galt and Guelph Adult Education centres joining the college a year later. So much for the history of the college.
The past year was indeed a remarkable one at Conestoga. The question of a future athletic facility at Conestoga is still up in the air but more progress was made during this past year than at any other time in the history of Conestoga. At least this year it was brought before the Kitchener council. The year saw a new President come to Conestoga in the form of Ken Hunter who shuffled a few positions to keep everyone honest. Hunter was not the only person to shuffle positions as this year saw a record turnover in most DSA positions. The scene resembled musical chairs at times and the only position which didn’t change was that of publications chairman and there were times when even that position was in jeopardy. Many successful trips took place over the past year. Among them were Quebec, Vermont, Blue Mountain and Beaver Valley. To the people who went on them they were both enjoyable and
memorable experiences. Perhaps one of the biggest news
Carnival.
Winter CtwWal itself was another success and proved to be the biggest carnival ever. The beauty contest proved to be the highlight as standing room only was available in the student lounge. Another big issue this year was the Conestoga Wagon disagreement where the Board of Governors a^eed to spend $3000 for a shed to house the wagon dispite protests from students and the student government. Conestoga now has a wagon shed but not one working shower. It just goes to show where the administration's priorities lie. In between bouts at Nicks and Thursday pub nights most student also managed to learn a few things and dispite all the extra curricular activities offered, that is the basis of coming to Conestoga College.
who graduate
and indigestion including lunch hours.
-
.
new
few days of
.
*
Spoke It was rumoured Doon Dean John Goddard had a new suit of clothes. An Intrepid Spoke pfaotognpher caught him "pioraIn the last Issue of
.
minute. I’ve no^reatT love for administrators, or bureaucrats or any of tliat crap. ..but really, he’s not a bad guy. Having the administration and campus on the same grounds can be both a blessing and a curse at times, but I’ve found that the two can co-exist in
enading In the hallowed hallways of Doon.
From
harmony. But back to Hunter. It’s happened on several occasions with myself and the DSA that on a moments notice, with a phone call across the yard our goodly prez will meet with students and discuss relative
whatever’s biting our backside. Now, a guy that was with us on the wagon issue, helped us out on our liquor licencing problems, and actively has been investigating and seeking support on the athletic facility fiasco can’t be all bad. And how about John Goddard? (Doon Dean, for you ignorant cusses) Sometimes you’re not sure if you can trust a quiet guy who wears such flashy clothes and seems to have an all business atmosphere about him. Put the arm on John in the cafeteria someday, sit and have a coffee with him... barge into his office ranting and raving or some such sensible thing. He’s alright too.
You
just
have to
sit
down and
talk to
the top During the past year the DSA has matured a lot. We feel that our term of office was very
and
interesting
exciting.
this year a part of
The
many changes on campus pubs (for a while), more clubs, and a new level of communication with students and administration. We would like to thank everyone who has assisted us during the past year and for next college has seen this past year,
.
year's
DSA
We would
the best of luck. also like to say to
of you, thank you,
all
goodbye and
the best of luck with your future
endeavours.
him Pete and Stu
sometime. stories of the past
year w.As the cancellation of Conestoga Pub Nights due to numerous!; liquor violations during Winter
For those people
first
Other than a millenium of new students on our beloved campus (and there were some great times sitting around the cafeteria checking out stock) early September started off with a muffled bang, what with both a new. college president and a new dean at Doon. I tCftn xeally.. Now, a
linked
serves. L
often times a
Well, that’s enough for administration. There just isn’t the space or time to go into it all. But I’ve found, along with these two and a few other select few (not t o mention Dan “Flash Young’’ and Sue “The Last Word” McLellan) that the administrators of this madcap institution aren’t all too bad. But I don’t want to make them look too good in the eyes of the students. After all, they might think the students are beginning to like them or something equally absurd. Let’s not get all sentimental and tear-sloppy, but thank yous have got to go out to some other college landmarks, without whom this paper would have been little more than a bi-monthly headache. Our Man Mac, and his secretary Joyce, who have put up with a lot of shit and shenanigans, and who have gives an overall bitchin’-good atmosphere to Spoke and the DSA. To John Brown, and Clair Hawkins and Brian Lowry, who. have come up with some damn good ideas and some comic relief for this publication.
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Edltori Editors:
Ron
Stanaitis, Assistant
Pete
Cudhea
&
Paul
March, Layout Editors: Diane Nagorswn, Dave Johnston. I*
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Monday
April 21, 1975
Spoke page
fifteen
out on college issues costs.
SPOKEs Do you
feel
Conestoga
has a good of a bad image in the community’s eyes? HUNTER: I think there has been some unfavourable publicity in the past couple of years. It really hasn't been countered by anything positive. The college
“I
the
think
Still
most important thing participation
is
by
sports
number
of
a
discussed openly.
you think
SPOKE: What problems have you
HUNTER:
had with the ,
DSA
HUNTER: We had
discussions on the liquor license. That was an
ongoing battle in which I tried to keep the DSA informed on ail the steps that were being taken. V/e worked together when the licence was suspended. The result was that the LLBO granted the college a permanent liquor license which I think is a big compliment to the college.
in
SPOKE:
large
Do
you
)jave
any
thoughts on Spoke this year. HUNTER; Well I’ve tried to get my hands on every copy but they are picked up so fast. It’s been lively and as far as I’m concerned
students
than a small number doing excellently with everyone else watching them.” rather
this is a good idea? It possibly could be, but you would have to be very
careful
in
where the bulding is primarily done. We’ll probably start when the building program there is finished.
the seleciton of the
business
manager. You would have to be careful in insuring that proper safeguards as far as
SPOKE: When do you have
is concerned. My worry would be that the student association would be tempted to turn it all over to the business manager and sort of let him or her do what he wants to do and that’s a little dangerous. The selection of a good person for this position is very important.
and awards next year? HUNTER: They are handled by
think we'll
wagon shed?
Before the bad weather hits next fall.
supervision
SPOKE: What allocations will be made for bursaries, scholarships
this
HUNTER:
SPOKE: Are
'
there any plans to include new programs at Conestoga College in the coming years? HUNTER: There are some new programs under study particularly in the health field. There is an ambulance attendant course presently being considered for September. This will be a day course.
SPOKE: There criticism
has been some about the student
they practice between eleven and midnight and that's not a verygood time to practice. I’m generally tired and I think even
young students
are.
SPOKE:
Do you think the programs in the college could be improved at all and how could they be improved? HUNTER: Yes I do, everything can be improved. I’m instituting a new program where programs are under constant review so we can keep changing them and making them better. I’m particularily interested in graduate students
views on their former programs. We actively seek the opinion of recent graduates.
SPOKE; What do you
see for in the
yourself and Conestoga future.
HUNTER: I'm going to dedicate myself to getting a sports complex set up on a five year plan and I’m just going to keep
appeared to be content to be passive and let the newspapers and the media dig up what they could and of course disaster is more newsworthy than some accomplishment. 1 think through this passiveness on the part of the college it left the media with only the bad things which happened to hit them. My approach to that has been to inform people. What I’ve tried to do is to get out into the community and tell people factually and honestly what is going on at Conestoga College. We've thrown open our board
'
hammering away feel its
well
until we get it. I a realistic plan and that its
supported
by
figures and that
we
support
would
of
facts
and
get the
will
community. I that our student
the
guess
“I think that twenty
years from
now we will
probably
see
college
meetings. We not only permit the press in but we welcome them. We've had a great deal of co-operation from both radio and TV. They’ve given us time to go and explain our views. We’ve also made use of press conferences and innumerable press releases. We have tried to keep the community aware of the college this year. I’ve also done other things such as going around to
more
graduates
in
top positions in busi-
ness and industry than
you
university
will
Right
now
graduates
are
students.
our
placed faster.”
enrollment would probably go up
somewhere between
four to five
percent and some years as high as ten percent so would look for an average growth in student population over the next five to seven years.'l'm also sure that new I
“I’m going to dedi-
programs will be introduced because we are attuned to the outside world or at least we try to be. and the needs of business and industry keep changing. Tech-
cate myself to getting
a sports complex set
up on a five year plan and I’m just going to keep hammering away until
we
nology also keeps changing. Is there anything you like to add before we finish this interview? HUNTER: Well 1 would like to say that college students aren’t second rate citizens. In the past young people had to go to university anything less than that was second rate. First of all 1
SPOKE: would
get it.”
the county councils. We’ve made presentations to the councils recently I’ve made presentations on the future Sports facilities. The presentations contain a considerable amount of information on Conestoga College and its place in the community.
SPOKE: What these
has resulted out of presentations to various
HUNTER: There results yet but
have been no budget meetings
of the councils are in progress.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed if you haven’t already Written your councillor please do so. The best thing that could happen is the support of the college
and
What we need
community.
to
make this successful is for students, staff and faculty to write to the alderman of the council in their community saying that they as taxpayers support our request for funds for recreational facilities.
SPOKE: Have you any
particular
thoughts on your dealings with the DSA this year. I
feel
that
my
the DSA is excellent. We’ve gotten to know each other and we've gotten to the point where problems are relationship
pholo bv R.B. Jones
haven’t agreed with everything in the paper. The 1 think has been good, fair and straight forward. 1 think it covered student affairs very' well but I would like to see is more co-operation and more dialogue the between Doon centers and other centres. Students in other centres would like to see it as well. The nursing students have felt a little left out. fair.
1
coverage
.councils?
HUNTER:
don't h-r.cve in this.
with
SPOKE: What do you
think the
position will be of the Board of Governors on the licencing of the pubs next vear? HUNTER: I think it will be the same as this year. The board has accepted the principle that the students should have pubs and their
feelings
as
well
as
my
the
provincial
government and
there have been some changes in the regulations to increase the bursaries. It looks pretty bright. SPOKE: How are the plans for the wagon shed coming along? HUNTER: Temporarily they are on hold because the shed was to
\
‘Tm
sure that
programs
will
be
new in-
troduced into the college because we are attuned to the outside
world or at least we try be and the needs of business and industry keep changing.”
to
feelings are that students should
run the pubs.
SPOKE: There has been
talk in
time business manager for student issues, advertising and pubs. Do the past of having a
full
have been
built in
Guelph and
apparently they are putting an addition on the centre there, so there is very little room outside
placement center
this
year do you
think that the student placement
doing an adequate job? HUNTER: Well from what I’ve heard so far there have been no criticisms. What I have heard is that large numbers of our students are being placed, in fact office is
some are
receiving two or three
1
think that
the coi eges are in the mainstream and four to five percent of the people in elementary school are going to go to university and I don’t believe that the other 96 percent are second rate citizens. I don't think the mainstream is in
scholarships or in research these are very valuable things but they aren’t (he mainstream. think colleges are the things of the future? HUNTER: Yes 1 do and I think
SPOKE: Do you
’
now we
Job offers.
that twenty years from
SPOKE:
probably see more college graduates in top positions in business and industry than you will university graduates. Right now for example our graduates are placed faster than the main product of the university which is the three year BA. They have a
It seems (hat Conestoga always has losing sports teams do you think a successful varsity team would improve the student moral of the college? HUNTER: I suppose it would make everyone feci good but 1 still think the most important thing is participation in sports by a large nu'mber of students rather than a small number doing excellently with everyone else watching them. The practices for the teams are also at bad hours and this might have something to do with Conestoga’s poor record. Take hockey for example 1 think
will
great deal ot difficulty finding jobs our students don’t because they are in the mainstream and are attuned to the real world. Their objectives are to get out into the
real
world,
independent, raise a family
stream.
get
and
get
a
be and main
job.
married that is the
Monday
Spoke page sixteen
April 21, 1975
A DEAN
LEAPS TALL BUILDINGS ON A SINGLE BOUND IS IS
MORE POWERFUL THAN A LOCOMOTIVE
FATER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET WALKS ON WATER GIVES POLICY TO GOD
A
DIVISION
CHAIRMAN
LEAPS SHORT BUILDINGS IS IS
IN
A SINGLE BOUND
MORE POWERFUL THAN A SWITCH ENGINE JUST AS FAST AS A SPEEDING BULLET
WALKS ON WATER TALKS WITH GOD
IF
SEA
IS
CALM
A DEPARTMENT HEAD LEAPS SHORT BUILDINGS WITH A RUNNING START AND FAVOURABLE WINDS IS ALMOST AS POWERFUL AS A SWITCH ENGINE WALKS ON WATER IN AN INDOOR SWIMMING POOL TALKS WITH GOD IS APPROVED
WHEN
SPECIAL PERMISSION
A FULL-TIME INSTRUCTOR BARELY CLEARS A QUONSET HUT LOSES TUG OF WAR WITH LOCOMOTIVE CAN FIRE A SPEEDING BULLET SWIMS WELL IS OCCASIONALLY ADDRESSED BY GOD
A PART-TIME INSTRUCTOR MAKES HIGH MARKS ON THE WALLS WHEN TRYING TO LEAP TALL BUILDINGS IS RUN OVER BY LOCOMOTIVES CAN SOMETIMES HANDLE A GUN WITHOUT INFLICTING SELF-INJURY
TALKS TO ANIMALS
A GRADUATE STUDENT RUNS INTO BUILDINGS RECOGNIZES LOCOMOTIVES TWO OUT OF THREE TIMES IS NOT ISSUED AMMUNITION CAN STAY AFLOAT WITH A LIFE-JACKET TALKS TO WALLS \N
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
FALLS OVER DOORSTEP BUILDING
WHEN TRYING TO ENTER
SAYS LOOK AT THE CHOO-CHOO
WETS THEMSELF WITH A WATER PLAYS
IN
PISTOL
MUD PUDDLES
IFTS^BUILDINGS
AND WALKS UNDER THEM
LOCOMOTIVES OFF ATCHES SPEEDING BULLET IN THEIR TEETH kND EATS THEM REEZES WATER WITH A SINGLE GLANCE ;iCKS
S
GOD